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Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration

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Flight Paths traces the history of migratory research in nine chapters, starting with the earliest attempts to track birds, bird banding/ringing (which she traces back to Audubon), and ending with ‘community science’ projects such as Breeding Bird Surveys and eBird. THIS IMAGE NOT IN THE BOOK. Schulman, 2023.

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The Bird 10K Project

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I was told when I first started blogging here at 10,000 Birds that I was never to use the short form, “10K.” ” But here I’m using it because someone ELSE used it … the Bird 10K project is an effort to do the whole DNA thing they do on groups of species on the whole mess of 10K (or more) birds.

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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 2)

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Even to the author of the paper, who cautiously adds that “nest architecture is unlikely to be irrelevant to females, and its role deserves further investigation” (if swear words were allowed on 10,000 Birds, I would say that he is trying to cover his ass).

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Vote Now for Awesome Ornithology Projects!

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Peripatetic ornithologist Nick Sly has long been a friend of the blog here and has contributed such classics as Green-rumped Parrotlets from Egg to Adult and Forpus passerinus and the Ornithologists of Masaguaral. Birding juncos manakins ornithology science' What are the mechanisms by which this occurs? My Project.

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Birding Wuyuan, China

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On the other hand, these exact same photographers – by buying food and asking for accommodation – also make the birds valuable for the local villagers who might otherwise be tempted to trap the birds and sell them. This Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker in particular is a species I would like to get much better photos of.

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A Question of Migration

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In one simple blog post, it is impossible to address even the most basic questions about bird migration. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1046 (1), 282-293 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1343.026 But I’m getting a bit ahead of myself. 2 PIERSMA, T., PÉREZ-TRIS, J., MOURITSEN, H., BAUCHINGER, U., & BAIRLEIN, F. Bird Migration.

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